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Information on Texas Constitutional Amendments
By Michele Samuelson | 10/02/09 | 06:18 PM EDT | 2 Comments
There are 11 state constitutional amendments on the November 3 ballot in Texas. Early voting begins on Monday, October 19. If you are voting by mail (absentee voting), the last day to submit your mail-in ballot is Tuesday, October 27.
Information on where to early vote in Travis County can be found here. Election Day information is here. If you need information on absentee voting, there is information on the Travis County site here (the Secretary of State breaks down the information for students, military/overseas voters, and sick/disabled/elderly voters here).
I have posted information on each of the 11 state constitutional amendments on the ballot. Those posts are on Blue Dot Blues. Comments and thoughts on each are welcome, for readers' benefit. As we near early voting, I will post formal, personal recommendations for each. My disclaimer: I speak for no entity or individual other than myself.
I hope you find this information useful in deciding how to vote on November 3.
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I'm on a fixed income. All I want to know is "Will any and/or all of the 11 amendments raise my taxes?". I would like to see an amendment that freezes all taxes during national and state wide economic down turns for all citizens of Texas". I would like to see an amendment that freezes taxes for all Texas citizens that are on a fixed income. It is unconsciousable to think that any government in America, Federal or State, could tax a person out of what they have worked for all their lives. That is what I see coming.
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|It is unfortunate, but when the economy slides, the first thing most elected officials want to do is raise your taxes, whether it be property taxes, sales taxes, or business taxes because they want to keep their tax revenues up. This Congress is even considering new taxes such as carbon taxes and surcharges on health care plans, which is really dumb. What they fail to realize is when you pull more tax money in, there is less money in circulation in the private market to build businesses and create jobs. Tax increases during recessions causes more individuals to feel the pain of the recession even more.
As long as the government things they are owed a certain percentage of your income, they will take it until you bleed.
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